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LOT 0211
Byzantine Gold Standing Female Pendant
7TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (3.44 grams, 39 mm).
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round, standing female wearing a palla around her hips, hands raised to her hair; applied mounting strip to reverse and wire stud to brow to mount a bead.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13138-248306.
Footnotes
The stance is based on the famous Venus Anadyomene image of the goddess emerging from the sea, as shown in the mosaic at Casa del Principe di Napoli in Pompeii.
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LOT 0211
Byzantine Gold Standing Female Pendant
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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